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ATTACHMENT FOR MEGHANIGAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. No. 266,411; PatentedOct. 24, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Crrrcret OLIVER H. ARNO, OF .VILMINGTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHM ENT FOR MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,411, dated October24, 1882.

Application filed June 21, 1882.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, OLIVER H. ARNO, of Wilmington, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Attachments for Mechanical Musical Instruments,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This'invention relates to key-board attachments for musicalinstrumentssuch as pianofortes, reed and pipe organs, &c.-and tomechanical musical instruments-such as the orguinette" and organina, socalled in the trade-and others which are arranged for the travel of aperforated music-sheet through them, and thus to secure, as such sheetso travels, an operation of the mechanism and sounding devices composingthem in a manner to play or produce mechanically from the musicalinstruments the tune, air, chord, or other combination of soundsrepresented by the arrangement of the perforations in the music-sheet.These perforated music sheets in some instances are adapted to foldforward and backward in layers or folds of equal length, and it is tothe use of such perforated music-sheets in said attachments and musicalinstruments that this invention pertains.

The invention consists,iirst, in the combination, with a raceway and afolding music-sheet, ofan attachmentcomposed of a receptacle and aguideway having two sides connecting the receptacle with one end of saidraceway; second, in. the combination, with a raceway and a foldingmusic-sheet, of an attachment composed of two receptacles and twoguideways, each having two sides connecting said receptacles,respectively, with the forward and rear ends of the raceway; third, ofan attachment substantiallysuch as above described for said key-boardattachments and said mechanical musical instruments, made in its severalparts of wire, all substantially as hereinafter described; and, inaddition, this invention embraces other features of construction of theattachment, which will fully appear in the description hereinafter giventhereof.

In the accompanying plate of drawings,Figure 1 is a longitudinalvertical section of the raceway or table to a key-board attachment forkeyed musical instruments, and of a perforated music-sheet, adapted tobe folded for- (No model.)

ward and backward, and a side elevation of thepresentimprovedattachmenttherefor. Fig. 2 is a plan view with the perforated musicsheetremoved. Fig. 3 isa similar view to Fig. 1, but showing the attachmentas having but one receptacle and guideway, and that at the rear end ofthe raceway; and Fi l is a front view of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents a perforated music-sheet adapted in anysuitable manner to be folded forward and backward in folds or layers,one upon the other-as, for instance. by making it in sectional pieces aof equal length, connected together by flexible hingingpieces I),attached alternately at the dividinglines of the separate sections toopposite sides of the sheet.

13 represents the raceway of a key-board attachment for musicalinstruments-such as piano-fortes, reed and pipe organs, &c.constructedand arranged, as well known, for the travel of a perforated music-sheetthrough it, and to secure thereby the playingmechanically of the tune,&c., represented by the perforations of such sheetupon the keyed musicalinstru ment to which the attachment is applied.

The key-board attachment forms no part of the presentinvention, andtherefore itnecds no particular description herein, except so far as maybe necessary to make the present invention intelligible.

D is a casing carrying the transverse grooved feedroller E for themusic-sheet, and surmounting the raceway B.

The improved attachment of this invention, to be now described, issecured to the casing D. This attachment, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, iscomposed of two adjoining horizontal receptacles, E and F, separated bya vertical partition, G, and all located above the casing D, and twoguideways, H and J. The guideways H and J each lead from the upper poition of the receptacles E Fone, H, from the receptacle E and the other,J, from the recep tacle F--and thence each passes in a curvilineardirection downward and terminates, the one, 11, at the front end, K, andthe other, J, at the rear end, L, of the raceway B, in relation to thetravel of the perforated music-sheet over the raceway represented by thearrow in the drawings, Fig. 1. The receptacles E and F and guideways l1and J are severally made of parallel longitudinal wires 0 (Z 0, number,and each and all running in the direction of the length and in two sets,one at each side of the raceway.

ff are aseries of wires running across the raceway and connectingtogether the longitudinal wires at each side of the raceway. Eachlongitudinal wire 0 is similarly bent in its length, as shown, to makewith both of said wires the two horizontal receptacles E F and theirseparating-partition G, and the inner walls, g, of their curvingguideways H Jleading from said receptacles to the opposite ends of theraceway, as described.

h are headed screws passing through the eyes I at each end of each wire0, and screwing into the top board, N, of the casing D, thus securingthe said wires thereto and in parallel lines. Each longitudinal wire (Iand 0 makes the outer walls, 0", of the guideways H J-the one, d, of theguideway H and the one, 6, of the guideway J-and from end to end eachwire is given a curving direction corresponding substantially to thecurving direction of the inner all, g. are attached to the longitudinalwires 0 d c, and run from side to side of the raceway, projecting beyondeach side of the longitudinal wires in loops t.

The music-sheet in its folded condition is placed in the receptacle E,and thence it is conducted through the guideway H and entered into thefront end, K, of the raceway B, and as it escapes therefrom at the rearend, L, it is passed through the guideway J and entered into thereceptacle F. The music-sheet thus being placed by its then continuedfeed over the raceway, it is drawn from the receptacle E, fold aftertold, through the guideway H, over the raceway B, thence through theguideway J, into the receptacle F, folding itself forward and backwardtherein, as from time to time each of its folds enters into the same. Asthe folding music-sheet passes from one receptacle, E, to the raceway B,and from thence to the other receptacle, F, its separate sections arefirst unfolded in the receptacle E, one after the other, and thenguarded and guided and kept in position by the outer and inner walls,gr,ot' the guideways, and finally folded one after the other in thereceptacle F, the whole acting together in the most perfect manner tosecure the proper passage of the musicsheet to andfrom the raceway B,and its final deposit and fold in the receptacleF, to be again used. Theside projecting loops, 2, protect the music-sheet against lateraldisplacement, and also its edges against accidental injury.

The attachment, as has been particularly described, has two receptacles,Fl F,for the folded music-sheet one, E, to receive it folded, to betaken therefrom over the raceway B, and the other, F, to receive andsecure its folding after having passed over the raceway. It is plain,however, that the operation of the attachment as to its receptacle andguideway at each end ofthe raceway is independent of the opera- Thecross-wires ff three in I tion of the receptacle and guideway at theother end thereof, and consequently either of the receptacles and itsguideways maybe used without the other.

Fig. 3 illustrates the attachment as having only one receptacle andguideway-to wit, those at the rear end of the raceway and shows themusic-sheet as placed upon a suitable support, Q, to pass from it to thefront end of the raceway.

Although this improved attachment has been described as made of wires,it obviously may be made of other material--such, for instance, aswooden bars or rails-and, if so desired, closed on all its sides andends; but making it of wires is preferable for obvious reasons.

The two receptacles E F and their arrangement adjoining each otherobviously are advantageous, for the reason that the music-sheet, afterhaving been passed over the raceway B and folded in the receptacle F,can be again placed in position for use by simply turning it over intothe other receptacle, E.

Although the attachment constituting the present invention has beenherein particularly described and shown in connection with the racewayof a key-board attachment for keyed musical instruments, it is plain itis equally applicable to mechanical musical instruments such as theorguinettc or organina, so called, and others using a perforatedmusicsheet.

The attachment, constructed as particularly described and shown, iscomplete in itself, and by a simple fastening such as shown it issecured inits position relative to the raceway B, and made ready foroperation with ease and readiness and dispatch.

The receptacles E F and guideways H J may be of various shapes andlocations, in lieu of those particularly described and shown; and,again, other meansand modes of fastening the attachment in position maybe used; but it is plain the shapes and locations of thereceptacles andof the guideways and the mode of fastening the attachment in positionwhich have been described and shown are most simple, efficient, andpractical.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. The combinationavith the raceway B and with a folding music-sheet A,of an attachment composed of a receptacle and a guideway having twosides connecting the receptacle with one end of said raceway,substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the raceway B and with a folding music-sheet,A, of an attachment composed of two receptacles, E F, and of twoguideways, H J, each having two sides connecting said receptacles,respectively, with the forward and rear ends of said raceway,substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination,with the raceway B, of

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an attachment composed of a receptacle or receptacles, E F, and of aguide way or ways, H J, connecting said receptacle or receptacles withsaid raceway, and all made of wire, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

4. The combination, with the raceway B, of an attachment composed of areceptacle or receptacles, E F, and guide way or ways H J, connectingsaid receptacles with said raceway, and provided with side guide-loops,t,substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. An attachment for the raceway B, consisting of a receptacle orreceptacles, E F, and a guide way or ways, H J,all complete in itself,and adapted to be fastened in position in relation to said raceway,substantially as described, for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

OLWER H. ARNO. Witnesses:

EDWIN W. BROWN, W. S. Burrows.

